Guest guest Posted March 12, 2002 Report Share Posted March 12, 2002 Dear jay: Whether the " cause " of suffering is Avidya-Maya or Karma, I believe Hinduism does know its " purpose " : " Iron must be heated again and again and hammered a hundred times before it becomes good steel. Then only it becomes fit to be made into a sharp sword, and can be bent in any way you like. So man must be heated several times in the furnace of tribulations and hammered with the persecutions of the world before he becomes pure and humble, and fit to enter the presence of God. " -- Sri Ramakrishna (Saying 399) Therefore, if our Creator had constructed us so we could not experience physical and emotional suffering, would we ever have been motivated to seek Him? Please comment. God Bless, Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2002 Report Share Posted March 15, 2002 Dear jay: I agree that " suffering " is a serious topic, that is why I feel the need to prolong our discussion a wee bit more . . . My belief is that Hinduism, along with Buddhism, is fully qualified to know " why " there is suffering. Avidya-Maya creates the illusion/perception of duality - if there is pleasure, there must be pain, and so on. In order to realize/experience our Creator, we must rise above this duality (i.e., attachment to the material world). God created " suffering " to provide the motivation to seek Him. If all was pleasure in the material world, why seek anything else? Indeed, suffering is a Holy Gift. Regarding the Animal Kingdom, I would think a similar spiritual growth process is at work there, but on a more instinctual level. without suffering, a zebra, for example, would have no motivation to rise above its present level of consciousness. Regarding your underlying question of: " why did God create such a painful process to find Him? " - for this question, I agree with you - we can only shrug our shoulders and say, " We don't know. " We can also say, " It's not important to know this answer. " (As it also is not important to know the " number of branches, leaves, etc. in the mango tree, " in order to know that a mango tastes good and is healthy for us.) However, I believe that, based on the manner in which God has created our particular universe/Maya/mango tree, it is both pragmatic and blessed to know, to rejoice and to surrender to the knowledge that suffering is not a mystery to be avoided, but a Gift to be accepted and utilized for our spiritual benefit. (This is why the prayer I like to use is: " Father, don't change my circumstances, change me. " ) I am quite open to education from you and the List, if I'm out in " left field " on any of the above! God Bless, Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 18, 2002 Report Share Posted March 18, 2002 Dear Amit: Good point -- the circumstances that bring suffering to a person's life can bring death and despair, rather than Life and Truth. It is definately NOT the circumstances that bring the desire for Realization, but our response to them. Pray for strength, courage and understanding so you may use the hellish circumstances in your life to surrender your life to God, and not to your worldly ego -- which is incapable of understanding the spiritual bliss that is forever residing within your own soul. Lastly, if you are a Hindu and believe in Samsara, you know that suicide is not an answer -- you'll just have to come back and do it all over again . . . Use your suffering to climb out of the illusion of Maya and into the loving arms of your Creator -- Who is calling you back home this very moment. God Bless You, Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 27, 2002 Report Share Posted August 27, 2002 Hello All, This is in response to all said about suffering. I am lost my baby last week , she was just seven months old. I was a great worshipper of lord shiva and hanuman , but all my worship and fasts went in vain, for i couldnt save my baby. I really wonder what life is al about, and when someone speaks abut suffering it pains me to know that people can only sympathize with you but can't empathize. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 27, 2002 Report Share Posted August 27, 2002 Hello, Neetaji, My sister lost two sons when they were a few months old. Then she lost her third son when he was 21 yrs of age. It is when you see others going through similar or even worse horrors that one can emphathise. I lost my mum recently at her ripe age of 88 but it still shattered me. Death has always been considered as a cause that affects people most. What do we learn then? Buddha provides the answer and also the marathi saint Eknath. Buddha distanced himself from everything after he saw old man suffering, death and son on. He relinquished his throne. Ramakrishna says do your work knowing that you are like a maid servant. Nothing belongs to you. THe sense of possessiveness causes suffering. Eknath was very courteous and used to help every one and never uttered a harsh word. A person asked him what is the secret. Instead of answering his question, Eknath looked at his palm and said I can see you are going to die in the next 3 months. The person was shaken and the thought of his own death haunted him. His behaviour towards others changed dramatically. He become very polite and very helpful in the last few months that were left of his life. 3 months elapsed, he didn't die and came to see Eknath again. Eknath said look just the thought of death brought so much change. I remind myself day in and out about death hence my approach towards the world is very different than others. Let God give you courage to endure the suffering. Milind neetadixit [neetadixit] Tuesday, 27 August 2002 8:44 PM Ramakrishna [sri Ramakrishna] Re: Suffering Hello All, This is in response to all said about suffering. I am lost my baby last week , she was just seven months old. I was a great worshipper of lord shiva and hanuman , but all my worship and fasts went in vain, for i couldnt save my baby. I really wonder what life is al about, and when someone speaks abut suffering it pains me to know that people can only sympathize with you but can't empathize. Sri Ramakrishnaye Namah Vivekananda Centre London http://www.vivekananda.co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 28, 2002 Report Share Posted August 28, 2002 Madam, I cannot even imagine your suffering. I wonder how you collected yourself enough to even write this. I will not even attempt any sympathy, knowing how hollow and empty it will sound. Jagannath. PS: Jay, Balakrishnan Mj, can you say anything to assuage her? --- neetadixit <neetadixit wrote: > Hello All, > > This is in response to all said about suffering. I > am lost my baby > last week , she was just seven months old. I was a > great worshipper of > lord shiva and hanuman , but all my worship and > fasts went in vain, > for i couldnt save my baby. I really wonder what > life is al about, and > when someone speaks abut suffering it pains me to > know that people can > only sympathize with you but can't empathize. > > > Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 28, 2002 Report Share Posted August 28, 2002 Namaskaram, i am sorry to hear of your suffering. I pray that the Lord will afford you with the strength and patience to overcome this moment of despair. In speech, in thought, in gestures of the body, in perceptions of mind, may the devotion to the lord, always be your companion, at all times and at all places. 'om namo narayana' > " neetadixit " <neetadixit >Ramakrishna >Ramakrishna >[sri Ramakrishna] Re: Suffering >Tue, 27 Aug 2002 10:44:00 -0000 > >Hello All, > >This is in response to all said about suffering. I am lost my baby >last week , she was just seven months old. I was a great worshipper of >lord shiva and hanuman , but all my worship and fasts went in vain, >for i couldnt save my baby. I really wonder what life is al about, and >when someone speaks abut suffering it pains me to know that people can >only sympathize with you but can't empathize. > > _______________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 28, 2002 Report Share Posted August 28, 2002 " Jagannath Chatterjee " <jagchat01 <Ramakrishna > > Madam, > > I cannot even imagine your suffering. I wonder how you > collected yourself enough to even write this. I will > not even attempt any sympathy, knowing how hollow and > empty it will sound. > > Jagannath. > > PS: Jay, Balakrishnan Mj, can you say anything to > assuage her? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~response~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear Jagannath It is heartening to see the list members reacting in this loving manner. I had already responded through a private email.............jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 28, 2002 Report Share Posted August 28, 2002 DEAR SISTER, I WILL NOT PRETEND TO SHARE YOUR GRIEVES. BUT TILL, I WILL PARY THE GOD, TO GIVE YOU COURAGE TO FACE THE MOMENT. HARSHAD --- neetadixit <neetadixit wrote: > Hello All, > > This is in response to all said about suffering. I > am lost my baby > last week , she was just seven months old. I was a > great worshipper of > lord shiva and hanuman , but all my worship and > fasts went in vain, > for i couldnt save my baby. I really wonder what > life is al about, and > when someone speaks abut suffering it pains me to > know that people can > only sympathize with you but can't empathize. > > > ===== -------------------------- KUWAR HARSHADKUMAR S. A-33,KARAKORAM HOSTEL, IIT DELHI -110016 PHONE:6596915 " WHAT YOU ARE IS GOD'S GIFT TOWARDS YOU WHAT YOU DO IS YOUR GIFT TOWARDS GOD " Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 28, 2002 Report Share Posted August 28, 2002 Dear Dixit: I'm sorry to have waited so long to respond to the tragedy that you have suffered in the death of your seven-month old daughter. I have also read the responses of other readers, all of them very good. One I liked was from Milind who quoted an anecdote from Eknath telling someone that he would die within three months. The person did not die, but he transformed himself into a very kind and compassionate man. But your situation is different; your suffering is because of the loss of your child. So I would reinterpret Eknath's advice in this manner. I believe, he would have advised you to meditate on death, and also on life. In our everyday busy life, full of activity, we often don't pay much attention to the ultimate meaning of life, and its purpose. Meditating on death too will help us understand the meaning of life. The more you meditate on death, the less you become afraid of it. Face the brute, the brute will take to its heels. I will quote Swami Vivekananda's advice to Sara Bull, his American disciple, who had lost her father in 1894. He said, "....coming and going is all pure delusion. The soul never comes nor goes. Where is the place to which it shall go when all space is in the soul? When shall be the time for entering and departing when all time is in the soul?..." Your real child is always with you. We cannot lay claim on any material object, and the body is one such material object. Continue with your meditation on Hanuman and Siva, thereby becoming yourself like them, strong and immortal. After all, we all are that Siva (Shivoham, Shivoham) of the nature of chit and ananda (Chidanandarupah). May God give you the strength of Hanuman and Siva to overcome your suffering. Umesh Gulati Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 28, 2002 Report Share Posted August 28, 2002 Hello all, Thanks a lot to everyone for trying to share my grief. Even my mother can't understand how I feel, hence I dont want to gather sympathy or what ever. My relatives / friends were far from comforting but rather were hurtful, which made me feel where the humanity is leading. Maybe in this fast paced people dont have time for others thats what I felt. once again thanks a lot to all those who spent their time for my mail and responded. sorry if i have expressed something which hurts, for i dont know what to write or express. GOd bless!! Ramakrishna, " Vivekananda Centre " <vivekananda@b...> wrote: > > " Jagannath Chatterjee " <jagchat01> > <Ramakrishna> > > > Madam, > > > > I cannot even imagine your suffering. I wonder how you > > collected yourself enough to even write this. I will > > not even attempt any sympathy, knowing how hollow and > > empty it will sound. > > > > Jagannath. > > > > PS: Jay, Balakrishnan Mj, can you say anything to > > assuage her? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~response~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Dear Jagannath > > It is heartening to see the list members reacting in this loving > manner. I had already responded through a private email.............jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 28, 2002 Report Share Posted August 28, 2002 Dear Sister: I shall not try to sympathize or empathize at all. How hollow it will seem to console a bereaved mother (as also the poor father and other close relatives) with some useless worldly words! I will not do that also. I only pray to Lord Shiva to grant you peace (shanti) amidst your terrible trauma (ashanti). I also pray to Him to grant your baby a permanent place at His lotus feet so that he (or she) need not take a birth again in this mortal world. Since you are a devotee of Shiva, you must be knowing that Shiva is also called Mrityunjaya (the conqueror of Death). As per our Hindu mythology, He took the deadly poison (Kalakuta) which came out during the churning of the ocean (samudra-manthana) in search of nectar (Amrita). When everybody became scared at the very sight of this dangerous poison, it was Shiva who came forward to take the poison willingly to save the creation. Since He did this for the benefit of all, even the deadly poison could not kill Him (only His throat became blue because of the action of this poison and He is called Nilakantha since then). He became Mrityunjaya. If that is true (at least allegorically), all His disciples are also Mrityunjaya and nothing less. You are Mrityunjaya, your baby is (not was) also Mrityunjaya. Your sincere worship and other associated penances have not gone in vain at all, it cannot go in vain. Please do not entertain these ideas at all. In stead, pray to Shiva most intensely, cry to Him, meditate upon Him. This is the time to grasp His lotus feet with all your might so that He cannot escape you! Do that and you will find that your baby is deathless, so are you, so are we all. No, any worship to Shiva cannot go in vain. Simply it cannot. Shiva is also known as Ashutosh--One who is pleased very easily. This is the time to test whether it is so. Once again, I pray to Shiva to grant you and your family the required strength to overcome that tremendous loss. Yours sincerely TP Bagchi. - neetadixit Ramakrishna Tuesday, August 27, 2002 4:14 PM [sri Ramakrishna] Re: Suffering Hello All,This is in response to all said about suffering. I am lost my babylast week , she was just seven months old. I was a great worshipper oflord shiva and hanuman , but all my worship and fasts went in vain,for i couldnt save my baby. I really wonder what life is al about, andwhen someone speaks abut suffering it pains me to know that people canonly sympathize with you but can't empathize.Sri Ramakrishnaye NamahVivekananda Centre Londonhttp://www.vivekananda.co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 29, 2002 Report Share Posted August 29, 2002 dear ms. neeta, as many fellow brothers have expressed very kindly and touchingly, mere expression of words will not mitigate your sorrow at the same time, the feelings of others are also very difficult to be conveyed to the sufferer thru words alone. i fervently wish and pray that God gives you some excellent things in life which will intill peace and harmony in you and your family. Chellamani --- neetadixit <neetadixit wrote: > Hello all, > > Thanks a lot to everyone for trying to share my > grief. Even my mother > can't understand how I feel, hence I dont want to > gather sympathy or > what ever. My relatives / friends were far from > comforting but rather > were hurtful, which made me feel where the humanity > is leading. Maybe > in this fast paced people dont have time for others > thats what I felt. > > once again thanks a lot to all those who spent their > time for my mail > and responded. sorry if i have expressed something > which hurts, for i > dont know what to write or express. > > GOd bless!! > > > Ramakrishna, " Vivekananda Centre " > <vivekananda@b...> wrote: > > > > " Jagannath Chatterjee " <jagchat01> > > <Ramakrishna> > > > > > Madam, > > > > > > I cannot even imagine your suffering. I wonder > how you > > > collected yourself enough to even write this. I > will > > > not even attempt any sympathy, knowing how > hollow and > > > empty it will sound. > > > > > > Jagannath. > > > > > > PS: Jay, Balakrishnan Mj, can you say anything > to > > > assuage her? > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~response~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > Dear Jagannath > > > > It is heartening to see the list members reacting > in this loving > > manner. I had already responded through a private > email.............jay > > > Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 15, 2003 Report Share Posted October 15, 2003 Hi Moon, I do not accept the premise upon which you base your question, viz. God allows suffering. How do you arrive at this? Why? How do you know God allows suffering? reasons please? I believe humans are the source and cause of suffering, maybe karma? --- Unforgiven <ovi91st wrote: > Why does God allow suffering. > Moon > > > > The New with improved product search Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 15, 2003 Report Share Posted October 15, 2003 Dear Moon, Why is it that you believe that God allows suffering? What is the evidence that God allows suffering? Love, michael --- Unforgiven <ovi91st wrote: > Why does God allow suffering. > Moon > > > > The New with improved product search Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 15, 2003 Report Share Posted October 15, 2003 namaskar, Sri Ramakrishna and Swami Vivekananda have said many a times that misery is a much greater teacher than happiness. I don't know about others but i have experienced the truth of this statement in my life. And it may be that the Lord wants us all to become perfect like him. So he gives us suffering so that we can learn from it and make spiritual progess. And in the history of mankind also, we can see that misery inspired many great men to become what they became. We can take Buddha's life for example. He was so much moved on seeing sick people that he renounced his kingdom and luxuries in search of truth. There are many more such examples. kushal. ********************************************************************** Smile....And the world smiles with you!!! ------------ " Vivekananda Centre " <vivekananda " list " <Ramakrishna > Wed, 15 Oct 2003 01:32:00 +0100 [sri Ramakrishna] Suffering > - > " Unforgiven " <ovi91st > <Ramakrishna > > Tuesday, October 14, 2003 05:13 > [sri Ramakrishna] Suffering > > > Why does God allow suffering. > > Moon > > > > > ------------------------response ------------------------------ > > This is a wonderful thread to respond to. We are sure that many of our > list-members will offer interesting opinions. May we ask you, " What is your > opinion on this issue? " > If God is: > The cause of everything (including suffering) and all knowing > and all powerful and all compassionate why should one living > thing suffer for one instant?...... a wonderful question. > Our mentor Vivekananda started his spiritual journey armed > with this pointed question. > > Vivekananda Centre London > > > Sri Ramakrishnaye Namah > Vivekananda Centre London > http://www.vivekananda.co.uk > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 15, 2003 Report Share Posted October 15, 2003 --- Unforgiven <ovi91st wrote: > Why does God allow suffering. > Moon > > > > The root cause of suffering is the forgetfulness of Godhood by we, Jivatmas(souls).Under ignorance(maya)we think ourselves as doers of actions.So the results of those actions (both happiness & sorrow) bound as and this is called karma.So to transcend the effects of karma one should fully give himself under God's hands. Then our actions will be under his guidance & the karmic effects never touch us.In due course we become enlightened & won't feel material joy & sorrow. Meera bai the great Krishna devotee was tortured by her husband.Yet she didn't feel the suffering as she was fully absorbed in God consciousness. Good karma is like a golden chain & bad karma like iron chain.But both binds us & the Bhakthi viveka liberates us and take to the kingdom of God. Send your valuable comments. The New with improved product search Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 15, 2003 Report Share Posted October 15, 2003 Dear Readers, Iswara is our " Pratibimbo " , if we are happy, Iswar is happy, if we suffer Iswara suffers. Atman/Paramatman relationship. The whole world is Iswaramaya Jagat. Peace be with you all. Asis Bagchi The New with improved product search Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 15, 2003 Report Share Posted October 15, 2003 Dear Friends, --- Kushal Shah <ee01b040 wrote: > > namaskar, > > Sri Ramakrishna and Swami Vivekananda have said many > a times that misery is a much greater teacher than > happiness. SNIP Yes, this is true. Human beings tend to be complacent. We are affected by tamas/inertia. Misery is a catalyst to change our course--to move on in a spiritual sense. > And > in the history of mankind also, we can see that > misery inspired many great men to become what they > became. SNIP Truly!!! Just think, even in the course of mundane life, nearly every modern convenience that we have was developed because persons were suffering. We have medicine because of disease. We have automobiles to ease our problems with transportation. We have heating, cooling and clothing to help us to exist amidst heat and cold. From this, we see that we develop and evolve due to the negativity in our existence. Love, michael The New with improved product search Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 15, 2003 Report Share Posted October 15, 2003 - " Unforgiven " <ovi91st <Ramakrishna > Tuesday, October 14, 2003 9:43 PM [sri Ramakrishna] Suffering > Why does God allow suffering. > Moon -------------------------Response----------------------- Because it is not a suffering at all for him. It is we who bifurcate things as sufferings and pleasures. A cat catches hold. For the cat it is now time to relishe. But, for the mouse....? This is a gross level. Go deeper Great Seers like Shri. Thakur and Shri. Ramana Maharishi were not perturbed even by cancer or tumor. They never complained of suffering. A Boxing Champion was standing at the edge of a small pit with sewage water just peeping into it. A Sanyasinwho was walking along the way all of a sudden just pushed this man forward. He fell into the pit. With rage he came out and thrashed the sanyasin. With all his body bleeding the Sanyasin just smiled and went away. The Boxer was confused. He followed the Sanyasin to his home. The deciples stood dumb found when they saw their master is this conditions and started treating him. They wanted to know what actually had happened. The Sanyasin narrated the episode and said " My dear boys, That poor man did not know that there was a poisonous snake just near his leg ready to spit venom. He did not know that I wanted to Save him and not to subject hime to any Suffering. " The Sanyasin was still smiling. But........The Boxer Wept. G.Krishnaswamy vkjodpur --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.525 / Virus Database: 322 - Release 10/9/03 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 15, 2003 Report Share Posted October 15, 2003 ***Why does God allow suffering? Dear Moon In my experience trouble/pain is what life gives us very often & suffering is what we do to ourselves. Suffering is often a reaction to pain. Just as a pain in the body indicates some ailment in the body which needs remedy....suffering, may be an ailment of the mind which needs a remedy. Most of us are searching for this remedy, some in a conscious manner and some unconscious. You write with the tag " unforgiven " and seem to have seen some suffering. God surely forgives everybody. Hug yourself and forgive yourself. I do hope you overcome your grief. Forgive me if I have over-stepped my limits. love and regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 15, 2003 Report Share Posted October 15, 2003 As answer to all, I have no idea why there is such horrible suffering in the world ,I have just about given up in believing in God, I don't know what to make of the world. Moon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 16, 2003 Report Share Posted October 16, 2003 Dear Moon, Don't worry. I don't know what your trouble is. But I too have felt something like you feel now. At one time I was sure that God didn't exist and that there wasn't any hope. But things change. You want them to change or you wouldn't be writing these things. You know what is true and you know what you have to do. Hang on!!!!!!! Love, michael --- Unforgiven <ovi91st wrote: > As answer to all, > > I have no idea why there is such horrible suffering > in the world ,I > have just about given up in believing in God, I > don't know what to > make of the world. > Moon > > > > The New with improved product search Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 16, 2003 Report Share Posted October 16, 2003 Dear Friends, I would have preferred to remain silent on this issue but the reply of " moon " quoted below forced me to participate. It is indeed cruel to say this but sufferring is necessary in this world. Sufferring and pain are the faces of God which we see when we are very close to Him. We have to bow down and accept this suffering for our own good.Yes, OUR OWN GOOD. I am not a highy and mighty avatar standing aloof on a peak and spreading sermons on this issue. I have had my own fair share of pain and suffering. Suffering so great that for years on end I would get up in the morning and the first thought that would come to my head was how I would commit suicide the same day. At night I would go to sleep thinking that I would surely complete the task the next day. And all this was AFTER I had accepted Thakur, AFTER I had accepted a Guru, AFTER I had started my spiritual search sincerely. Try however much I might I never could fathom what was the cause of such extreme suffering. The very word " pain " is enough for me today to spend sleepless nights. There is a threshold of pain and I had crossed it many times over. I never could even imagine that such a state could ever arrive in a persons life, that life could be so unliveable, that the world could be so cruel, that God could be so aloof to ones prayers, that death could be so mesmerising and inviting. I was not afraid of death, I was afraid of life and death was my God to whom I prayed fervently to come and put an end to my suffering. But all through that I learnt that my suffering was the fructification of my own karma in my previous births. That it was Thakur that led me into that suffering to purify my soul. That my Guru simply watched from the sidelines knowing fully well that my karma was irreversible. The only message I ever got from Guruji was that, " He will overcome it " . Just that, no words of solace, no explanations, nothing. For eleven whole years I was like a pariah, moving from one temple to another, from one holy man to another, from one holy book to another and never finding a seconds respite from my pain. I stopped driving my vehicle because the desire to crash it against a speeding truck was too alluring to resist. There were times I would come to my senses and find myself lying in the precincts of a temple without knowing how I got there. There would be people standing around staring at me like I was a madman. It took me seven years to stop dreaming about that period. The pictures in my mind will never fade. I am scarred for life. BUT I HAVE NOT LOST MY FAITH ON THAKUR. He has never come and picked me up in his arms but I know he is watching me, and that is enough. Spirituality, argueably, never came to my aid but it is still the only thing that matters for me today. The scars are there but they remind me of the emptiness of this world, of its impermanence. I don't know if I have gained anything from my horrendous ordeal but one thing is sure, I'll never love life again. Regards Jagannath. Unforgiven <ovi91st wrote: As answer to all, I have no idea why there is such horrible suffering in the world ,I have just about given up in believing in God, I don't know what to make of the world. Moon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 16, 2003 Report Share Posted October 16, 2003 My teacher said " Suffering is your only friend, because only suffering will teach you to grow, will show you your attachments. " Sun --- Unforgiven <ovi91st wrote: > As answer to all, > > I have no idea why there is such horrible suffering > in the world , > have just about given up in believing in God, I > don't know what to > make of the world. > Moon > > > > The New with improved product search Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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